Second ACT site reports highly pathogenic avian influenza
05 Jul 2024Page updated 5 July 2024. Originally published 27 June 2024
The ACT government has confirmed a second site in the ACT has tested positive for high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), H7N8 strain.
The positive result (H7N8) was detected in backyard chickens at a residential property in the quarantine control area around the original infected property.
The first detection, on 27 June 2024, was transmitted to the ACT from New South Wales via the transporting of eggs and associated materials for commercial grading. Testing confirmed the presence of the high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H7N8 strain, and established a link with an infected site in New South Wales.
More information available from the ACT Government.